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Past Projects:

GHANA 2008/2009
Evolve Dance conducted a one-month residency in Ghana, Africa, hosted by the Accra Artisans Exchange. To promote the advancement of international understanding, dissemination of learning and the strengthening of cultural ties, Evolve Dance company members Julie Johnson, Annie Tucker, Colleen Cintron and Jessica Patz participated in West African dance workshops and classes to learn movement, technique and their corresponding place in a cultural and historical context. Concurrently, they taught American and Western-based techniques to the Accra community, including jazz dance, modern dance and social dance forms such as Salsa and Swing.  Evolve Dance welcomed this international collaboration as a rare and invaluable opportunity to facilitate the exchange of artistic ideas and creative growth. Artists from both organizations explored how dance can transcend geography and time; discovered the connections among all dance forms; and gained deeper insights about each other and themselves—all of which were shared with their home communities.






NEW ZEALAND 2010
Jane Alexandre presented her paper, “Dance Leadership: Constructing Theory Across Disciplines,” on a panel at the three-day international Dance Studies symposium held at the University of Otago, New Zealand/Aotearoa from June 28 – June 30, 2010. The symposium was a unique opportunity for dance scholars around the world to connect with each other; to explore the interdisciplinary perspectives of dance’s historical developments and to discuss new directions of dance scholarship and performance.